Snow and rain guard for glass shields.



E. L. NASSER & M. I. GRIMORD. SNOW AND RAIN GUARD FOR GLASS SHIELDS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1915.

Patenred May 2, 191$,

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EDDIE L. NASSER AND MATTHEW J. GBIMORD,

OF IRON RIVER, MICHIGAN.

SNOW AND RAIN GUARD FOR GLASS SHIELDS.

Application filed April 7, 1915. Serial No. 19,836.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDDIE L. Nassau and MATTHEW J. GRIMoRD, citizens of the United States, residing at Iron River, in the county of Iron and State of Michigan, have I in- .vented certain new and useful Improvements p for detachable connection to a wind shield.

Said guard to be of light weight, readily attached and detached to and from the shield, to occupy a minimum of space on the shield, and when collapsed to be of such size and proportion as to be easily stored out of the way as for example under a seat or to lie fiat against a dashboard.

Our invention consists in providing a snow and rain guard of a collapsible type designed to protect only that portion of the wind shield directly opposite to the driver in ,'line with his forward vision through the shield. The guard is of oblong design,

glass at each end, the rear end adapted to be open detachably fastened to the frame of the-Wind shield. The top and sides of the guard are completely covered while the bottom of the guard is uncovered for half its length about, the forward part being open.'

Our invention further consists in providing a frame for the guard having rigid sides linked together and a cover for the frame,

the top and bottom portion of which are flexible; whereby the guard is collapsible sidewise.

Our invention further consists in the parts and combination of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view showing our invention applied to a wind-shield for automobiles. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of said guard folded or collapsed. Fig. 3, is a detail view of the clamping member for the brace rod, and Fig. 4, is a detail view of the brace rod. Fig. 5, is a detail view of means for cushioning the bear ing of the guard upon the glass surface of the wind shield.

Referring more particularly to the drawings A, A, denote two similar rectangular oblong frames composed of rods a, a, each rod is formed with an eye a at one end Specification of Letters Patent.

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through which the other end of said rod is passed and bent to form arectangular hook-shaped member 0/, having mounted thereon a clamp a provided with thumb screw at.

B, B, B, B, denote four links fastened to rods o, a, and arranged in pairs, the members of each pair being pivoted endwise.

Links B, B, are fastened above near the outer part of rods a, a, and serve when pressed rearwardly to spread the upper portlon of saidv rods apart. Links B, B, are fastened to the lower members of said rods at a point about one third the distance from their outer parts, and serve when pushed forward to spread apart the lower portions of said rods. Thus said pairs of links serve as Spreaders and are designed to spread sides A, A, apart and stretch taut the upper and lower portion of the cover hereinafter described. As said pairs of links are arranged to open by pressure in opposite directions, they will maintain their expanded position locked as against vibration and jar. The frames A. A. are arranged to diverge slightly outward to increase the lateral range of vision of the driver.

Pivotally mounted to the lower pair of links is a brace C extended rearwardly and having adjustably mounted on its free or rear end a clamp 0, comprising pivoted jaws 0 designed to embrace and clamp the upper rail of a dashboard, or where two shields are used, to clamp the upper rail of the fixed lower wind shield as shown in Figs. 1, and 3, said jaws being operated by thumb screws 0.

c denotes a" thumb screw for securing clamp c in position on rod C. The rear vertical portions of rods a, a, are incased in rubber tubes D which serve as cushions to protect the glass in wind shield against which they bear from contact with rods a, a.

F denotes the top or roof portion of the cover, .and F the bottom portion both of which portions are made of a water proof flexible material to make the guard mois ture proof and to facilitate the folding up of the guard when detached. The sides H of the cover 'are preferably. made of a transparent material. The bottom portion of the cover extends from the rear of the guard to a point about two thirds of the length of the frame; thus said bottom portion is open'in front as shown in Figrl. This bottom portion may be omitted comand is designed to extend backward and cover the space at the juncture of guard and frame of windshield.

Our snow and rain guard is attached by clamps, a a, to the upper rail of wind shield immediately in front of the steering wheel, the rubber tubes D, D, bearing against the glass, and the curtain G pulled.

back to cover the top of the wind shield rail; top and bottom links are then pressed to spread the frame A, A, apart, thereby stretching the top and bottom portions of the cover taut. The brace C is then fastened to the top rail of the lower wind shield and the guard is thus firmly held in position The, advantage gained by having the'front portion ofthe guard open at the bottom is the prevention of snow collecting at this point, moreover this construction affords the driver a greater vertical range of vision through the guard and gives him a view of the road nearer to the car. The comparatively short bottom cover which extends to the rear of the guard serves to form at the rear end of the guard anair pocket which banks the air and prevents a current of air passing back to the glass shield and carrying with it snow or rain.

It is evident our invention is applicable to the front or platform windows of street railway cars, and also locomotive cab windows. In either case any suitable means may be employed to hold the guard in position other than the fastenings we have shown.

Having what we claim and ters Patent is l. A collapsible snow and rain guard consisting of a guard open at each end and at the bottom, adapted to project over and thus described our invention,

desire to secure by Letglass shields consisting of a guard open at each end, adapted to project over and outward of the shield, a frame for the guard having rigid sides, a flexible cover for said frame having its top and bottom portion foldable, and means for attaching said guard to the shield and holding Said guard open.

3. A collapsible snow and rain guard for glass shields open at each end embracing a frame having rigid sides, means for attaclr' ing and holding said frame endwise over and outward of said shield, a flexible cover for said guard the bottom portion whereof is open at its outer end, and means for holding said ,guard open.

l. A-collapsible snow and rain guard for glass shields open at each end adapted to project over and outward of the shield, embracing a frame having rigid sides, a flexible top'and bottom cover, means for attaching the inner end of the guard to the frame of said shield at the top, and means for attaching and bracing the projecting portion of the guard at the bottom.

5. A collapsible snow and rain guard for glass shields open at each end adapted to project over and outward of the shield embracing a frame having rigid sides connected by pivoted links in pairs at top and bottom adapted to spread said sides apart. a flexible cover for said frame, and means for holding said guard in position.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDDIE L. NASSER. MATTHElV J. GRIMORD. Witnesses J. McHaLn, E. Cossarrn. 

